The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
Law ton.

hawtOn.
Powers & Son are charging their evapor-
ator and getting ready for large amount of
fall work.
G. w. Gardner has returned from the
northern part of the state, where he has been
engaged in working mp the windmill bust
ness.
Decatur VS.. Lawton on the Lawton ball
grounds next Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock. An interesting game may be ex-
pected.
At meeting of the Lawton base ball club
held last Thursday evening. F. j. Lich was
elected captain and manager and Frank
McKeyes secretary and treasurer.
The two ball clubs known as the X. of l..
and the moonshiners played game of ball
on Monday afternoon. Ten innings were
required TO decide the game, the score stand
ing thirteen to twelve in favor of the X. of l..
One night last week the moonshiners made
a raid on the old, ugly looking awning in
front of Jim Woods shoe-shop and fired il
into the street. The next day the building
was given two new coats of paint and is now
an ornament 10 the town. The moonshiners
will yet make Main street a respectable look
ing place.
= We will guarantee that the lady who
thought the business men must be hard up
to call on ladies for money to help buy fire
works, might have been found in front of
the fireworks stand two hours before the
first rocket was sent heavenward. Suppose
the business men had not asked the business
women of the town TO contribute, would they
have taken il as an insult? Or would they
have said, This helps my business and it
don't cost me anything" 1t was not the
doings of the business men alone, but of the
citizens generally. and many dollar was
given by others besides business men.
very pleasant gathering took place last
Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Xix, where their many rela-
tives and friends had been invited TO attend
the marriage of their daughter, Miss Lucy
Xix, to Mr.. G. II. Smith of this place. At
the hour of seven O'Clock, the house was well
filled with friends from abroad and a goodly
number of our citizens. At that hour, the
bride and groom entered the east parlor and
stood beneath canopy of beautiful flowers,
interviewer among which was a floral horse
shoe in white blossoms which. with the other
floral decorations. presented beautiful
sight. Miss Maud Gould acted as brides
maid and Chas. Taylor as groomsman. Rev.
IL. w. Harvey who was the officiating
clergyman, in few well chosen words, made
the happy couple husband and wife. After
congratulations, the company adjourned to
tent that had been erected for the occasion,
under which four tables were spread, all
loaded down with the delicacies of the
season, and to which ample justice was done.
peep into an adjoining room disclosed
many beautiful and valuable presents, among
which we observed four elegant upholstered
chairs, silver ware and costly glass ware in
abundance. Charley and his wife left on
the accommodation for the East, and will
visit at Detroit Niagara Falls and some of
the summer resorts and cities of New York.
They will remain absent about three weeks,
after which they will return and make this
place their future residence. May their
home be one of sunshine and pleasure and
their sorrows few and far between, is our
most earnest and sincere wish.